Day 1 Warsaw

Welcome to Poland! We started our first day with an early breakfast buffet at the hotel – a few timing hiccups along way! Then off we went on an amazing tour of the city on route to our first stop the Polish Uprising Museum! Stopping to look at the polish soldiers monument, witnessing real soldiers on guard! We the had a short and sweet tour of the museum including looking through the model sewers that the Polish people used to communicate throughout the uprising. Then we joined the bus again off to our next museum the Polin museum. The museum was an amazing piece of architecture that was made of sandstone and carved to look like the parting of the Red Sea. We then had a quick lunch stop before our next tour. This museum took us through the history of Jewish culture and their presence in Poland over the course of 1000yrs. We finally rounded up our day with a visit to the Ulica Mila memorial where we placed a stone on the monument. Then back to our hotel for some yummy polish dinner!

(Ella Stone)

The 1944 Warsaw uprising by the Poles against the Nazis was a defining 63 days for the people of Warsaw. The population had reduced from 1.4m to 900,000 and by the end of the uprising approximately 1000 remained.

Below are pictures of our visit to the Polin Museum which celebrates the history, life and future of Jewish culture in Poland.

Students say a prayer and lay a small stone to show respect on the memorial Ulica Mila 18, the site of the headquarters bunker of the leaders of the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising.